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Board to audit BCTS operations in the Okanagan-Shuswap district

VICTORIA – The Forest Practices Board will examine the activities of the BC Timber Sales program and timber sale licence holders in the Okanagan-Shuswap Resource District, during the week of June 6, 2016. The auditors will examine all operational planning, harvesting, road, silviculture and wildfire protection practices for compliance with the Forest and Range Practices […]

Skeena Sawmills audit finds planting issue

VICTORIA – Skeena Sawmills Ltd. is generally meeting the requirements of the Forest and Range Practices Act and the Wildfire Act on its forestry tenures in the Kitimat area, but the audit found non-compliance related to planting of tree seedlings, according to a report. The audit found five cutblocks where seedlings were planted outside the appropriate elevation range. […]

Board to audit forestry operations in the Selkirk Forest District

VICTORIA – The board will audit the forest practices of J.H. Huscroft Ltd., on Forest Licence A20213, starting July 25, 2011. The audit will examine operational planning, harvesting, roads, silviculture, fire preparedness and hazard abatement for compliance with forest practices legislation. This is the first time the board has audited J.H. Huscroft Ltd.’s operations. Most […]

Doman-Western Gets Clean Audit from the Forest Practices Board

Victoria – Doman-Western Lumber’s operations on the west side of Vancouver Island are complying with the Forest Practices Code, according to a Forest Practices Board audit released today. The Board’s audit examined Doman’s Tree Farm Licence 19 which is located near Gold River, Tahsis and Zeballos. “Doman-Western complied with the Code in all significant respects. […]

Board to audit Canfor’s forestry activities near Golden

VICTORIA – The Forest Practices Board will examine the activities of Canadian Forest Products Ltd. (Canfor) on tree farm licence 14, in the Rocky Mountain Resource District, during the week of July 11, 2016. The auditors will examine all operational planning, harvesting, roads, silviculture and wildfire protection practices for compliance with the Forest and Range […]

Court confirms board’s jurisdiction

The Kamloops forest district’s small business forest enterprise program complied with Forest Practices Code requirements in all significant respects, says a report released today by the Forest Practices Board.